Nicholas has more than 10 years of meditation experience. Thanks to the practice he is now in recovery from a life-long addiction to drugs and alcohol. Meditation has helped him to work through panic and anxiety, and measurably improve his life and productivity. He connects deeply with students of all ages and backgrounds. He has studied in the Tibetan Kagyu tradition for 7 years, with John Yates (PhD), Loch Kelly and with renowned mindfulness teachers Shinzen Young and Har-Prakash Khalsa. Nicholas was also heavily influenced by the works of Robert Thurman, Tarthang Tulku, Thich Nhat Hanh, The Dalai Lama, Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Pema Chodron. Nicholas teaches in a practical, strictly secular and down to earth manner. He resides in San Antonio Texas